WAYNESBORO - A Waynesboro woman was in jail this week, accused of intentionally hiding her daughter from child protection and law enforcement authorities.

Eileen Elizabeth Beers, 39, was charged with felony interference with the custody of a child, concealment of the whereabouts of a child and misdemeanor obstruction of justice, according to online court documents.

Beers' daughter is a middle-school student who is in foster care, according to court filings.

On Feb. 16, around 8:46 p.m., the girl's foster parents reported her missing to Waynesboro Police. The guardians said the girl was not at school when they arrived to pick her up and she had apparently walked to a restaurant with a friend.

The girl allegedly made a statement to the friend that she was going to meet her mother at the restaurant, according to court documents. Waynesboro Police investigated, but had not been able to find the girl.

During the investigation, it was discovered that the girl made several statements to people about how she was going to Canada with her mother, according to court documents.

A county judge ordered Beers to cooperate with law enforcement efforts to locate the girl on Feb. 21, and police met with her on Feb. 27, according to court documents.

Beers was told about the court order for her cooperation, and Beers allegedly said she did not know where the girl was.

Police asked Beers where the girl could get money, and Beers allegedly told them she had a bank account, according to court documents. When police went to verify the information, they found only an account in Beers' name.

Police also note in court documents that Beers provided information that was proven false, according to court documents. When police determined the information was false, they called her to schedule another interview.

Beers allegedly told police she was not going to cooperate with police because "she did not trust police and the police were harassing her," according to court documents.

On March 3, Beers allegedly approached an officer, telling him police should speak to other family members about the girl. When the officer did, the family members told him they did not know anything about where the girl was currently.

Police again met with Beers, asking her why she told them to meet with other family members, according to court documents. Beers allegedly said "they won't tell you anything," and when she was reminded of the court order to cooperate, she told them "I don't give a s*** about no court order. You'll never find my kids because I taught them how to hide."

Court documents only reference one missing child, despite Beers talking about multiple during the interview.

During the investigation, an unidentified witness told police Beers had offered the individual $300 a month to keep the daughter, according to court documents.

On March 7, search warrants were executed on Beers' bank transactions and at Beers' residence, according to court documents. Bank records showed that Beers had traveled to Florida in the last few weeks.

When officers went to serve the warrant at Beers' home, she was present and asked to talk to officers alone, according to court documents. Beers began to cry and said her daughter was safe, but she would not tell them where the girl was, police said.

Beers was placed under arrest for concealing the whereabouts of a child, according to court documents. Beers said she was willing to talk, and said she put the girl on a bus and sent her to Vancouver on a bus, to stay with a friend.

Beers was transported to the Waynesboro Police Department for a second interview, where she admitted that the girl was actually in Zephyrhills, Fla., with a friend, according to court documents.

Waynesboro Police contacted the Zephyrhills Police Department and gave them information of where to find the girl, and they were able to locate her and turn her over to children's services in Florida, according to court documents.

Beers has a prior conviction for fleeing and eluding police and illegal firearms possession from 2014, which she served two years of probation for, according to court documents.

She is currently also charged with misdemeanor terroristic threats and cited with summary harassment, according to online court documents. The charges were filed on Feb. 12, and Beers received her summons on these charges this week.

Beers was arraigned on the child concealment charges Thursday and is being held at Franklin County Jail on $200,000 bail, according to court documents.